Networker

Re: [Networker] Gracefully stopping a backup to a particular drive

2007-11-19 17:36:23
Subject: Re: [Networker] Gracefully stopping a backup to a particular drive
From: nsr admin <nsradmin AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:34:03 -0600
>>Landwehr, Jerome <jlandweh AT harris DOT com> wrote:
> I'm guessing 'nsr admin' is new to NetWorker
>
> but to answer the question, no, you cannot, here's hoping someday maybe!
>

Nope, not new to Networker, but was wondering if anyone had any tips
or tricks that I'd not come across in my travels.

>>Peter Viertel <Peter.Viertel AT macquarie DOT com> wrote:
> Putting the drive into service mode will eventually achieve this when
> the tape in it becomes full.
>
> Probably not much help if your drive is running slowly, but it's better
> than nothing...
>
Correct.  99% of the time, the job starts running slowly at the
beginning of the tape, so waiting until it's full is not an option.

Thank you both for your replies.

To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and 
type "signoff networker" in the body of the email. Please write to 
networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT edu if you have any problems with this 
list. You can access the archives at 
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or
via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER